Catalyzing

Catalyzing is the Catalyst blog, bringing together and amplifying diverse voices that share Catalyst’s mission to expand opportunities for women and business. Catalyzing reflects the wide range of opinions, ideas, and experiences of Catalyst employees, incorporating perspectives from our offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond. It also features non-Catalyst industry leaders, experts, and academics committed to changing workplaces and lives. Get the RSS feed.

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April 12 is Equal Pay Day, the date that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Let’s just take a moment to reflect on what that means. Because women earn, on average, only 78 cents to a man’s dollar, they need to work an extra four-plus...

April 12, 2016 by Deborah Gillis

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Whether you refer to it as your quarter- or mid-life crisis, boredom with your current role, or stagnation in your company, it is important to know when it's time to adjust, pivot, or begin something new in your professional world. Career complacency can sneak up on you or quietly brew day by day...

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For some people it is very stressful to handle difficult conversations. By difficult, I mean times when you are supposed to tell the truth to a direct report about his inadequate work, times when you have to tell the truth to your clients about a disappointing outcome, times when you can’t hide...

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Around the New Year, I wrote a blog post reflecting on my wish for 2016, which included parity across all sectors, especially for the sake of our children. So it’s only appropriate that today, International Women’s Day, the annual commemoration of women’s achievements, we embark on the global...

March 8, 2016 by Deborah Gillis

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From groundbreaking world leaders and CEOs to better family-leave policies at companies, there have been some significant steps toward parity this past year. In honor of 2016 International Women’s Day and its theme of “Pledge for Parity,” we’ve created a quick “equity quiz” to help test your...

March 3, 2016 by Emily V. Troiano

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I could count on my hands the amount of times “Black History” was discussed in school when I was growing up. Year after year we spent each February learning about the same historical figures: abolitionists Harriet Tubman and civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. These...

February 29, 2016 by Afiya Wallace

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As a New Yorker, my commute to and from work can often be a struggle. Considering the packed subway cars, unsolicited dance and music performances from people who make those crowded cars their stage, and riders who nearly spill their cup of morning joe on me or have no regard for space while...

February 25, 2016 by Brandee Sanders

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It is clear that conversations in India are moving toward creating a more inclusive environment. India is seeing a number of cultural and societal changes that are reflected in the corporate world and will lead to growth of businesses and the economy.